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IAN WHITE says there’s “life in the old dog” after a resurgent year so far. 

The legendary World No.50 has already reached a Players Championship final, missing out to Gerwyn Price in Leicester. 

Diamond White, 54, reckons he’s got a lot more wins in the locker even though it’s tough in the PDC,

He said: “I’ve had a final this year on the ProTour, which has been a long time coming. I think the last one was the day before Covid.

“A semi-final this year, and a couple of quarter-finals, so I'm doing okay. I’m enjoying myself. 

“I’m enjoying the darts now, rather than chasing everything around the world.

“The ProTours are great. We look forward to seeing each other. We hadn’t seen each other for about a month, before last week. It was nice to catch up, have a bit of fun and everything.

|I just think times are different now, rather than chasing everything around Europe. I’ve just qualified for two Europeans, which are the next two. 

“I've just been looking at flights, and been looking at this, and it’s just stupid money.

“You’re going out there, and if you don't win, we’re stuck. Do you know what I mean? You don't earn any money out of it.

“The travelling is also very tiring, it really takes it out of you. 

But it is what it is, and if you want to go and earn the money, you chase it. 

“If you don’t, just do it a bit at a time, and just make a living out of it.”

White still has big targets to make his mark. That includes the World Championship at the Ally Pally, after his run at the end of last year was ended by eventual champ Luke Littler. 

He added: “I am a dangerous player. I’ve been around a long time.

“So I just go out now, go and play my darts. I think the other day was about 97, 98 averages all day. 93 was probably one of the worst, but it was good.

“I'm just enjoying myself. I've no pressure on me anymore.

“Let’s get to the World Championships. Let's get to the Players’ Championships at the end of the year. 

“The Matchplay and Grand Prix is very hard to get to, because of the way they've structured it now.

“But if you can get to the Worlds and the Players every year, you can earn a good living.

“Ian White is not finished yet. There’s life in the old dog, trust me. He can still bite a few ankles!

“I’m not ready for the Seniors, I’m happy in the PDC. I think more and more doors will open soon.”

By Ryan Segal

Like every month should, May started with a European Tour event, as the European Darts Grand Prix took place in Sindelfingen, with Gary Anderson looking to defend his crown. 

Cameron Menzies opened up proceedings for Team Unicorn with a solid win against Michael Unterbuchner, before Ross Smith shone on the stage, averaging in excess of 108 to annihilate Paul Krohne 6-0.

On Day Two, it was Gary Anderson who got things underway for Team Unicorn, doing so in incredible style. A 110 average and 9 x 180s saw Gary defeat Gian van Veen in a last leg decider.

Ross Smith followed him into the final day of action, continuing his fine run over Dave Chisnall. 

The L16 in Sindelfingen would be 25% Unicorn, as James Wade beat Joe Cullen to progress, and Cameron Menzies went 6/7 on the outer ring to defeat Stephen Bunting. 

Gary and James progressed to the Quarter-Finals, defeating Rob Cross and Niels Zonneveld respectively.

The Flying Scotsman then found himself in the L4, courtesy of a battling win over Martin Lukeman, before averaging 106 to thunder past Dirk van Duijvenbode and reach a second consecutive final in Sindelfingen. 

And in typical Gary fashion, he became the first player in history to retain the European Darts Grand Prix, whitewashing Andrew Gilding 8-0. A two dart 85 kill secured it, and forged another bit of darting history for one of the greatest of all time.

That weekend also saw a handful of Challenge Tour events take place, with CT11 particularly noteworthy. Henry Coates reached the Final, and Ted Evetts the Semi-Final.

We then welcomed a new member to Team Unicorn, as Jack Langston, AKA The Darts Referee, joined the family.

This was just in time for the Modus Super Series Influencer Event, in which Jack and his doubles partner, Marcel Althaus, reached the Final.

A block of two Players Championship events followed, with the highlight of PC15 being a run to the Quarter-Final from Ross Smith, where he lost despite a 102 average.

Smudger would make the headlines at PC16 - but this time, for jaw dropping reasons.

He progressed to the Quarter-Finals with relative ease, hitting a nine darter in the L128 and averaging 105 in the L64.

But that's when it really began.

He hit a second nine darter of the day against Chris Landman, reeling off three straight legs to win 6-3 and progress to the L8.

The three legs would be the last that he dropped all day, as he recorded whitewash wins in the QF, SF, and F, averaging 98, 105, and 104 along the way in one of the greatest days ever to be played at a floor event.

That's two nine darters. Three ton plus averages (including the L4 and L2), and 24 (TWENTY FOUR) straight legs. 

That'll do for a days work, eh?

We then moved towards one of the big moments for darts in 2025 - the launch of the Eclipse Ultra 2.0.

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We then cast our eyes to Rosmalen for the Dutch Darts Championship. Cameron Menzies survived a handful of match darts to overcome Wesley Plaisier in a nail biter, winning 6-5 in a close affair.

Ross Smith reached the L16, averaging just shy of 100 against Raymond van Barneveld in his best showing of the event.

Following that, we were delighted to announce a long term extension to the contract of Tom Sykes. The Castleford based thrower has already achieved so much since joining our ranks, and we're excited for what lies ahead.

To conclude May and enter June, we had the Dutch Darts Championship. Cameron Menzies was once again the first member of Team Unicorn in the winners circle, beating Kim Huybrechts 6-4.  

He then backed that up with a 6-5 win over Dave Chisnall, hitting six of his nine darts at double to progress.

He was joined in the final day by The Machine, James Wade, as he annihilated Lukas Wenig, taking out a 150 in the opening leg en route to winning 6-0.

Cammy would progress to his third career ET Quarter-Final, beating Ritchie Edhouse 6-3, before having his run ended.

That same weekend, in Canada, Irina Armstrong was flying the flag for Team Unicorn, winning the Toronto Area cricket, and finishing runner up to Deta Hedman in the Toronto Area Open, strengthening her hopes of a Lakeside return.

JAMES WADE admits he’s had to battle back from illness to keep winning on the oche. 

The Aldershot hotshot claimed the Players Championship 19 title after defeating Scott Williams 8-3 in the final at Leicester. 

It was Wade's first ranking title since 2022 and the 19th Players Championship Event in his stellar career. 

‘The Machine’ took out a brilliant 110 checkout to take a 4-2 lead against ‘Shaggy’. 

The World No.10 followed this up with a cracking 120 finish to gain a 5-2 advantage over Williams at the Mattioli Arena. 

Wade, a 10-times major winner, pearled in a 10-darter to go 6-3 up. 

Wade sealed the deal with another cracking 110 outshout as he averaged 101.52 and pinged in eight out of nine doubles for the victory. 

Former World Matchplay champ Wade opened up about struggles with his health and how it impacted his career and rankings before making a terrific comeback to the winner’s circle. 

He said: “It’s been a bloody long time that is for sure!  

“I’m really pleased and happy. I felt I have just been lucky the last two games.   

“Everyone forgets I had pancreatitis. It’s a serious health condition and I went from world number three to plummeting down and out of the rankings.   

“I just think everyone takes it for granted their health.  

“The public and probably the organisation didn’t realise I was really ill.   

“I went from world No.3 to 27. It wasn’t because my darting ability disappeared, it was because my health disappeared.  

“So give me a little bit of a break!  

“Today I felt really proud of myself because I’ve never been a press favourite or an organisation favourite.   

“But you know when I’ve gone against what I’ve gone against, not knowing if I'm going to play darts again, today is a milestone.  

“I’ve put myself under quite a bit of pressure over the last 12 months so today it has been really nice.” 

The 42-year-old smashed in two ton plus checkouts to overcome Gian van Veen 6-4 in the quarter-final

Wade hit seven out of 13 doubles to record a routine 7-3 triumph against Andrew Gilding in the last four.